Bath apparatus.



w. LIPPINCOTT.

BATH APPARATUS.

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Patented Jan. 4, 1911;

Attorneys,

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sTATET Z PAUTE-1T O FI WILLIS mrrrucorr, or KALIsPELLQMoNTAivA AssIGivoRor onn nanr TO JAMES K.

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BATH APPARATUS.

Application filed May 19, 1915. Serial No. 29,184.

means whereby water can be withdrawnfrom either of the compartments and directed onto a scrubbing element such as a mitt, or whereby water can be withdrawn from both compartments so that it will be discharged in a tempered condition.

A further object is 'to provide means whereby water can be withdrawn from one of the vcompartments and discharged into ashower nozzle. J

Another object is to provide a portable bath appliance adapted to contain its own heater and which is so constructed that the heated contents of one compartment will not raise the temperature of the contents of the other compartment.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which'will appearfas the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be. made within the scope of what'is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown. In said drawings :F igure 1 is a vertical section through the apparatus, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a section on line AB Fig. 1, parts being broken away.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a tank of any suitable size and proportions, the same being preferably provided, near its upperend, with diametrically opposed interior ears 2 to which is connected a bail 3 which may be provided with a central eye 4 adapted to engage a hook or other support. Within the tank 1 and extending throughout the height thereof, are concentric partitions 5 dividing Specification of L etters Patent.

Patented J an. 4, 1916.

the interior ofthe tank into a central or hot water compartment 6 and an outer or cold watercompartment 7', the two compartments being spaced by an air compartment 8 which is located between the partitions 5 and has openings 9 in the bottom thereof and an open top, so that air is free to circulate through this compartment 8 "and thus prevent the i transmission-of heat, from the inner compartment 6 to the outer compartment 7. 1 An outlet pipe 19 is secured in the bottom of the inner compartment 6 and is provided, at its lowerend, with a branch 20 connected, by a flexible tube 21 or the like, to a cook 22 in communication with the outer compartment 7. A valve 23 is provided in the lower portionof the pipe 19 and above the branch 20. I

Mounted on the pipe 19 and close to the bottom of the tank 1 is a sleeve 24 communicating with a valve casing 25 which is adapted to receive water from the compartment'7, the valve in this casing being normally closed so as to prevent the escape of water through said casing.

I Extending from the lower end of sleeve 24 is a shower nozzle 26 the apertured face 27 of which is fitted closeabout-the pipe 19. A flexible tube 28 extends frompthe lower end of pipe 19 and has-a looped cord 29 attached thereto, this cord being adapted toengage a button.30 secured to a bag'or mitt 31. Eyes 32 are arranged at 'thesides of the tank 1 and are detachably engaged by hooked arms 33 which are secured to a ring 34:. This ring is adapted to support a cur-- tain designed to inclose the person using the apparatus. i

Any suitable form of electric heater such as indicated generally at 35, is adapted to be mounted removably within the compartment 6. After the heater has been placed in this compartment and the apparatus has been hung up on a suitable support, the two compartments 6 and 7 are partly or entirely filled with water and when a current is passed through the heater 35, the contents of the compartment 6 will be quickly raised to a high temperature. When it is desired to use the apparatus, the water can be drawn ofl simultaneously from both compartments by opening valve 23 and cook 22, the cold water escaping through the branch 20 serving to temper the hot water escaping through the pipe 19, so that a stream of a desired temperature will thus discharge from the tube 28 onto the mitt or bag 31 which is placed on one of the hands of the bather. After the body has been cleaned by the use of the mitt or bag 31, the

do not desire to maintain a fire in the stove or furnace for the purpose of heating water for the bath.

In order that the device may be supported on the floor when not in use, a suitable num ber of legs indicated at 35, may be extended downwardly from the tank 1 and connected at their lower ends by a ring 36, this ring forming a. base located below all metal portions of the bath apparatus. Obviously the legs 35 can be of any form and proportions desired and, if preferred, the ring 36 can be eliminated.

What is claimed is 1. Bath apparatus including a portable tank, concentric partitions therein dividing the interior of the tank into a central hot water compartment andan outer cold water compartment, a heater removably mounted in the central compartment, there being an annular air space between the compartments provided with openings in the bottom thereof and an open top, a pipe communicating with and depending from the central compartment, a flexible tube communicating therewith, a. tubular connection between the outer compartment and said flexible tube, valves for controlling the passage of water from the respective compartments to the flexible tube, a sleeve sur rounding the pipe, a spraying nozzle depending therefrom, and valved means for directing water into the sleeve from the outer compartment.

2. Bath apparatus including a portable tank, concentric partitions therein divid ing the interior of the tank into a central hot water compartment and an outer cold water compartment, and a heater removably mounted in one of the compartments, said compartments having separate outlets.

3. Bath apparatus including a portable tank having concentric compartments, a ring-like base, connections between the base and the bottom of the tank, a spraying nozzle supported by the tank and above the base, a valved connection between the spraying nozzle and one of the compartments, an outlet tube, and valved connections between said tube and the respective compartments.

4:. Bath apparatus including a portable tank having concentric compartments, a ring-like base, connections between the base and the bottom of the tank, a spraying nozzle supported by the tank and above the base, a valved connection between the spraying nozzle and one of the compartments, an outlet tube, and valved connections between said tube and the respective compartments, one of said connections constituting a support for the spraying nozzle, arms detachably engaging and extending outwardly from the bottom portion of the tank, and a curtain supporting ring carried by the arms and above the base.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIS LIPPINCOTI".

Witnesses:

ALVA S. SHERLOCK, M. K. SHERLOCK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

